Device for polishing shoes



(No Model.)

B. YOUNG. DEVICE 1 0R POLISHING SHOES.

Nq. 573,379. Patented Dec. 15, 1896.

UNITE STATES ATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN YOUNG, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR POLISHING SHOES.

SPECIFICATION I forming part of Letters Patent'No. 573,37 9, dated December 15, 1896. Application'filed July 28, 1896. Serial No. 600,209. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN YOUNG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Polishing Shoes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shoe-polishers, and more particularly to the patent-leather, tan, and russet class of shoes.

The invention has for its object the provision of a new and novel device for polishing shoes of the above-described class, and which will be neat in appearance and construction, durable, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,and wherein like figures of reference indicate similar parts in the several views shown, in which- Figure 1 is a side View of my improved polisher. Fig. 2is atop plan view of the same,

partly broken away. Fig. 8 is an end view.

To construct my improved polisher, I provide the body 1, which is preferably constructed of wood, and formed upon the middle portion of the said body is the handle 2.

The ends of the body extend downwardly, as shown. Secured to the ends of the said body are the plates 3, formed of sheet spring metal, the lower ends of which are coiled over in the manner shown. Secured to the inner ends of the coiled portion of the plates is the felt strip 4, having the welts 5 formed upon each end to engage with the ends of the coil, as shown.

In usingthe polisher the handle is grasped in the hand and the shoes rubbed by the felt portion similar to the manner of using the ordinary shoe-brush.

It will be noted that suffioient space is left between the handle portion of the body and the felt strip so that the felt will give slightly when pressure is brought upon it.

Having thus fully shown and described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, the shoepolisher consisting of the body comprising end portions connected together by a handle, the spring-metal plates secured to said end portions and having their lower ends formed into coils, and the felt strip spanning the space between said coils and having the welts at its ends secured around said coils, all as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. EDWIN YOUNG.

Witnesses:

JAS. J. McAFEE, RICHARD S. HARRISON. 

